Work & commute · Salford

Work & commute in Salford, PA

Most working residents leave Salford for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Philadelphia (8%), Franconia (7%) and Lower Salford (5%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

61 of 1,658 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,597 Salford residents head out of town to work, 61 work right here, and 221 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Salford.

1,597live here, work elsewhere

61live and work here

221work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Salford goes to work

Philadelphia26.6 mi away

8%129

Franconia3.1 mi away

7%109

Lower Salford5.1 mi away

5%79

Hatfield7 mi away

4%64

Salford (in town)right here

4%61

Souderton4.4 mi away

4%59

Upper Gwynedd10.6 mi away

3%57

West Rockhill3.4 mi away

3%57

Horsham15.5 mi away

2%39

Tredyffrin18.8 mi away

2%34

Everywhere elseother towns and states

59%970

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Salford commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

44%

36%

13%

44%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Salford is a commuter town

0.17jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.17 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Salford are

282 jobs are based in Salford. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Salford’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Salford

282 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Salford residents hold

1,658 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month71%

+24%

Jobs based in Salford, 2013 → 2023: 228 → 282. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.